The Quarterly Review, Volume 19William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1818 - English literature |
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... least passion or inadvertence ; in his habits of life ascetic and sparing , and one that was never known to have been surprized by excess . ' It is possible , though Evelyn himself intimates no such suspicion , that his ascetic habits ...
... least passion or inadvertence ; in his habits of life ascetic and sparing , and one that was never known to have been surprized by excess . ' It is possible , though Evelyn himself intimates no such suspicion , that his ascetic habits ...
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... least discretion of mine own , who now thought of nothing but the pursuit of vanity , and the confused imaginations of young men . ' men . ' The signs of the times were then too evident to be mistaken ; the palace at Lambeth had been ...
... least discretion of mine own , who now thought of nothing but the pursuit of vanity , and the confused imaginations of young men . ' men . ' The signs of the times were then too evident to be mistaken ; the palace at Lambeth had been ...
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... least disorder , and without the least humanity ; yet are they chereful and full of knavery .'— pp . 70 , 71 . Here he and his companions bought umbrellas against the heats , ' heats , ' a precaution so novel for an Englishman Evelyn's ...
... least disorder , and without the least humanity ; yet are they chereful and full of knavery .'— pp . 70 , 71 . Here he and his companions bought umbrellas against the heats , ' heats , ' a precaution so novel for an Englishman Evelyn's ...
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... least willing to partake would be the small young acorns which we find in the stock - dove's craws , ' and which are a delicious fare , as well as those incomparable sallads of young herbs taken out of the maws of par- tridges at a ...
... least willing to partake would be the small young acorns which we find in the stock - dove's craws , ' and which are a delicious fare , as well as those incomparable sallads of young herbs taken out of the maws of par- tridges at a ...
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... least £ 2000 in gold before them , upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflexions with astonishment . Six days after , all was in the dust ! ' He deplored his loss , he said , with all his soul , for many respects as well as ...
... least £ 2000 in gold before them , upon which two gentlemen who were with me made reflexions with astonishment . Six days after , all was in the dust ! ' He deplored his loss , he said , with all his soul , for many respects as well as ...
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